St. Mary’s County, Md., is now using Simplifile’s e-recording platform, which enables recording offices to electronically receive, stamp, record and return documents while settlement agents can submit recording fees and other recording-related expenses directly through the system.
With this addition, Simplifile now completely covers Maryland, which has become the 10th state in the Simplifile network to implement e-recording statewide.
Paul Clifford, president of Simplifie, says “Maryland has joined the select group of states that have modernized their document recording services statewide with Simplifile, and as the year progresses, we hope to see additional states follow suit to deliver process efficiency and cost savings to their constituents.”
Simplifile is now used by more than 1,900 jurisdictions in the U.S.
In 2015, Baltimore County became the first Maryland county to adopt Simplifile’s e-recording service.
Baltimore County began using Simplifile as part of the Baltimore County Circuit Court’s e-recording pilot, which was created for recording customers to conveniently and securely e-record land record documents, expediting the turnaround time for recorded documents and reducing overall paper and mailing expenses.
With the addition of St. Mary’s County, all 24 Maryland counties now e-record with Simplifile.